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stopthi5
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I have an iMac with a 2.8 Ghz Intel Core i&, 8 GB Ram, and a AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB Graphics card. I was wanting to be able to play Neverwinter on it when my PC is being used for other things. I tried Wine, and could not get it to work correctly, so I researched some more and found Crossover for the Mac. It worked Amazing! Here is how I set it up.
1. Downloaded Crossover Trial from here(will purchase now that I see how great it works): http://www.codeweavers.com/products/
2. Install Crossover
3. Run Crossover, no need to do anything in it at this time
4. Download Neverwinter installer from here: http://nw.perfectworld.com/download . Choose Direct Download
5.Copy / Pate this link into safari to get the CrossTie file to allow CrossOver to load the install information for Neverwinter: com-codeweavers-crossover-crosstie:install?crosstie=http://www.codeweavers.com/bin/c4p/11376
6. That should run the CrossOver Software Installer, give it a minute to load
7. In the installer you will see the second options says "Will download the installer from Some long URL. That URL is outdated. Click Edit next to that option, and select "Choose Installer File".
8. Select the neverwinter_setup.exe file that we downloaded in step 4.
9. Select Install at the bottom of the CrossOver Software Installer
10. When prompted choose where to install Neverwinter. Pick a location you will remember as you may need to find it later.
11. Once the install of Neverwinter and all other items are completed (fonts, Flash, IE(ActiveX), IE 7, MSXML), go to Programs > Neverwinter to Launch it. If it is not under Programs, got to File > Open and choose Neverwinter.exe from where you installed it.
12. Let the game download and patch.
13. Play the game!
14, Maybe. Choose Yes, with lowered setting when prompted about video card incompatibility. Game still plays fine like this, and looks just great. I found when I chose the other option the game was choppy
*NOTE: I have noticed that the launcher flickers when using it to start the game. The game itself plays just fine though.
*NOTE 2: I am not affiliated with CrossOver, just have found this to work the best out of everything I have tried. CrossOver is a paid program unfortunately, but you can test it out for yourself using the free trial and then buy if you like it. Think the cheapest option they offer is 39.99 or something like that.
1. Downloaded Crossover Trial from here(will purchase now that I see how great it works): http://www.codeweavers.com/products/
2. Install Crossover
3. Run Crossover, no need to do anything in it at this time
4. Download Neverwinter installer from here: http://nw.perfectworld.com/download . Choose Direct Download
5.Copy / Pate this link into safari to get the CrossTie file to allow CrossOver to load the install information for Neverwinter: com-codeweavers-crossover-crosstie:install?crosstie=http://www.codeweavers.com/bin/c4p/11376
6. That should run the CrossOver Software Installer, give it a minute to load
7. In the installer you will see the second options says "Will download the installer from Some long URL. That URL is outdated. Click Edit next to that option, and select "Choose Installer File".
8. Select the neverwinter_setup.exe file that we downloaded in step 4.
9. Select Install at the bottom of the CrossOver Software Installer
10. When prompted choose where to install Neverwinter. Pick a location you will remember as you may need to find it later.
11. Once the install of Neverwinter and all other items are completed (fonts, Flash, IE(ActiveX), IE 7, MSXML), go to Programs > Neverwinter to Launch it. If it is not under Programs, got to File > Open and choose Neverwinter.exe from where you installed it.
12. Let the game download and patch.
13. Play the game!
14, Maybe. Choose Yes, with lowered setting when prompted about video card incompatibility. Game still plays fine like this, and looks just great. I found when I chose the other option the game was choppy
*NOTE: I have noticed that the launcher flickers when using it to start the game. The game itself plays just fine though.
*NOTE 2: I am not affiliated with CrossOver, just have found this to work the best out of everything I have tried. CrossOver is a paid program unfortunately, but you can test it out for yourself using the free trial and then buy if you like it. Think the cheapest option they offer is 39.99 or something like that.
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now please someone make a how to for linux
All other Zones I have been in (Also Dungeons, PVP, Skirmishes) have worked just fine.
Wine out of options?
The crossover route is great for working in the foundry* and popping in to invoke or do other quick tasks, but for extended play sessions I go bootcamp.
An aside on the 680MX - don't be fooled by the 'recommended' 80% quality setting. It can handle 100% with all settings on high/max at 2560x1440.
* It isn't great for the foundry. See below.
Great added information for that! I did not want to bootcamp, so this is best for me. It does work great except for Protectors Enclave, but still very playable there.
I wasn't too interested in bootcamp either, but decided to play around and now it's on an external SSD via thunderbolt.
I forgot to mention a foundry bug in my original post that would make it difficult to work exclusively in crossover. Dragging teleporters or special resources (sounds, triggers, AI nodes, etc.) from the toolbar to the map doesn't work. You can copy and paste existing resources, but that won't work with teleporters.
It seems you can't even select different presets from the map UI, and no amount of fiddling with settings helps. So wine is a non-starter for any foundry work. You'll need to go bootcamp if you're interested in building quests.
I play in windowed mode and the foundry allows me to drag new items to map. Not sure how you are playing the game to replicate this issue.
It work nicely with my Macbook pro. First, I wanted to use it only for a few tasks such as mail and profession as I am away from my PC for one month. I have been surprised to see the quality of the game with Crossover as there were so much negative comment on this software in the net. I have been able to play several foundry quests without any problem and everything went well. Only one very strange bug. Key 1 to 5 are working well (fortunately ...) but key 6 for my horse is not working
someone have any thought ?
thanks
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Bootcamp Partition, Windows 7 or Windows 8. I have a MacBook Pro Retina 13" and I run the game pretty much flawlessly, I have to turn down the graphics a tad, but its worth it to be able to game. I have VMWARE as well but to run the game you need to boot into the windows partition, otherwise its too slow IMO. I use VMWARE for things like updating or other non graphically intensive games while running in OS X. If you need help or would like assistance with setting up BootCamp, PM me.
I got past this, and almost gave up on the load screen - it took a solid 10 minutes to load the game - hope this isn't the case everytime. (it actually took longer to load then it did to download/patch)